Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Car Wash
Soundtrack album by Rose Royce
Released 1976
Genre Funk, soul, disco
Length 73:10
Label MCA
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Car Wash
(1976)
Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
(1977)
Michael Schultz film soundtracks chronology
Car Wash
(1976)
Krush Groove
(1985)

Car Wash is a soundtrack double album by the Funk band Rose Royce. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash starring Richard Pryor and George Carlin and also the debut album for Rose Royce. Although they had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score.[1] The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", and "I'm Going Down". The title track was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts.

Track listing

  1. "Car Wash" - 5:06
  2. "6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)" - 1:09
  3. "I Wanna Get Next to You" - 3:58
  4. "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" - 3:25
  5. "Zig Zag" - 2:30
  6. "You're on My Mind" - 3:27
  7. "Mid Day DJ Theme" - 1:43
  8. "Born to Love You" - 3:06
  9. "Daddy Rich" - 3:24
  10. "Richard Pryor Dialogue/Daddy Rich [Reprise]" - 5:05
  11. "You Gotta Believe" (with The Pointer Sisters) - 2:51
  12. "I'm Going Down" - 3:36
  13. "Yo Yo" - 4:17
  14. "Sunrise" - 10:46
  15. "Righteous Rhythm" - 2:30
  16. "Water" - 3:31
  17. "Crying" - 2:57
  18. "Doin' What Comes Naturally" - 3:10
  19. "Keep on Keepin' On" - 6:39

Chart positions

Title (Year) US UK US
R&B
US
Dance
Car Wash (album) (1976) 14 9 2
"Car Wash" (1976) 1 9 1 3
"I Wanna Get Next to You" (1977) 10 14 3
"I'm Going Down" (1977) 70 10

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